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The latest survey, conducted immediately following the national election in early November, indicates that, while current market conditions are still viewed as weak, dealers are increasingly optimistic about the future. This significant increase suggests that more dealers believe the automarket will be stronger in the next three months.
While franchises rated the overall market at 49 – just below threshold – independents gave it a 40. Likewise, independents’ 38 score for the used-car sales environment (up from 36 in Q1) was far worse than the franchises’ hopeful index of 54. In many ways,” Smoke said, “the political climate is a surrogate for ‘uncertainty.’
On the other hand, independent dealers scored the current used-vehiclemarket at 38 – an improvement from last year and last quarter – but still indicating that a majority of independent dealers perceive the used-vehiclemarket as weak. 3 on the list of top 10 factors affecting business.
automarket is very different than it was just two years ago.” ” While the current market index, and many of the factors driving it, remains weak, the market outlook index improved significantly in Q1, jumping from 41 last quarter to 51 in Q1.
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